Why did Xenophon build a sanctuary to Artemis at Scillus?

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Xenophon Xenophon, statue in front of the parliament building in Vienna.

Xenophon built a sanctuary to Artemis at Scillus using the spoils he acquired during his time as a mercenary soldier.1

After his exile from Athens, the Spartans provided him with land at Scillus, located near Olympia. There, he constructed a small-scale replica of the famous temple of Artemis located in Ephesus. Xenophon documented this sacred estate and the annual festival held there in his work, the Anabasis.1